Sharing Stories from the Climbing Community
Photo by P. Ourom
Podcasts for some of these stories are HERE We hope you enjoy them!
List of Stories
- El Capitan Mescalito Wall
- El Capitan Shield Wall
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-1
- El Capitan Zodiac Wall-2
- Genius Loci-Squamish
- John Rosholt Memorial
- Laps on the Grand
- Mt Slesse Fraser Ribber
- Mt Slesse Heart of Darkness
- Mt Slesse Introduction
- Mt Slesse N.E. Buttress
- Outward Bound 1984
- Saving Canada-The Beginning
- Saving Canada-The Mountain
- Saving Canada-The Stunt
The Mescalito Wall on El Capitan
Written by Peder Ourom
I hit the angle piton for the final time, and just as I was easing onto it, El Capitan shook violently. Horrified, I watched a new crack shoot out sideways from the piton to the left, travelling sideways 15 feet. A huge thousand-pound flake of rock was falling off, and I was attached to it.